Tom Parkinson

According to the article, “military sources say they believe Pita supporters may rally ahead of the PM vote, in a bid to put pressure on senators.” So the military is saying that MFP supporters may rally to put pressure on senators. Via their scare tactics, are the military themselves not trying to put pressure on the senators? What other possible reason could they have to spread such alarms?

There are two issues here. The first has to do with BB policies on moving money. I don’t know of any way you could wire money to the US remotely, unless you have previously executed a wire transfer authorization (for example, I have one in place at Fidelity). It may be possible, but given how hard it is to do any banking here, I would guess not. if you wife is here, she should be able to withdraw cash from your joint account. I don’t know whether she could wire transfer from the joint account (but I don’t see why not). But she should be able to wire cash via a service like DeeMoney or open a bank account in her name and wire from there. The other issue has to do with restrictions on transfers out of Thailand imposed by the Bank of Thailand. I had to look into these when sending money to Dubai last year. To send money out of Thailand, a foreigner must be able to show that he previously moved an equal or greater amount into Thailand. A Thai person has to state the use of the money to be transferred. I don’t know if some uses prohibit transfer. Good luck!

I thought the Personal Data Protection Act of June 2021 does not allow taking a video of another person without their consent, even if they are engaged in an illegal act. The person taking the video is liable for civil damages.

I’ve done six extensions at Chaeng Wattana. I used to take a copy of my condo lease as proof of residence. But the officer would always hand it back, so I no longer bother to take it. All they do is ask me to draw a little map of where I live.